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Ugeskr Laeger. 2010 Nov 29;172(48):3345-3346.
[Cerebral manifestations of influenza A (H1N1)v.]
[Article in Danish]
Christensen PS, Pedersen BB, Gulisano H, Gyldensted L, Nielsen HI.
Leandervej 14, 9000 Aalborg. pias@dadlnet.dk.
Abstract
We describe two patients with cerebral manifestations of influenza A (H1N1)v. A 13-year-old boy developed severe cerebral oedema and increased intracranial pressure despite medical treatment and external drainage of cerebrospinal fluid. He was treated with bifrontal decompressive craniectomy with good result. A 25-year-old man with a previous kidney transplant developed encephalopathy and convulsions. Magnetic resonance imaging showed encephalitis. The patient fully recovered. The cases demonstrate that influenza A (H1N1)v can cause seriously and potentially life-threatening neurological complications.
PMID: 21118668 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21118668
[Cerebral manifestations of influenza A (H1N1)v.]
[Article in Danish]
Christensen PS, Pedersen BB, Gulisano H, Gyldensted L, Nielsen HI.
Leandervej 14, 9000 Aalborg. pias@dadlnet.dk.
Abstract
We describe two patients with cerebral manifestations of influenza A (H1N1)v. A 13-year-old boy developed severe cerebral oedema and increased intracranial pressure despite medical treatment and external drainage of cerebrospinal fluid. He was treated with bifrontal decompressive craniectomy with good result. A 25-year-old man with a previous kidney transplant developed encephalopathy and convulsions. Magnetic resonance imaging showed encephalitis. The patient fully recovered. The cases demonstrate that influenza A (H1N1)v can cause seriously and potentially life-threatening neurological complications.
PMID: 21118668 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21118668